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Prokaryote
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- Single-celled celled organism lacking a nucleus
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Bacillusx
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- Rod-shaped prokaryote
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Coccus
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- Spherical prokaryote
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Spirillum
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- Spiral or corkscrew shaped prokaryote
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Chemoheterotroph
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- Organism that must take in organic molecules of both energy and carbon
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Photoautotroph
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- Organism that uses energy from sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water to carbon compounds
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Chemoautotroph
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- Organism that makes organic carbon molecules from carbon dioxide using energy from chemical reactions
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Obligate aerobe
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- Organism that requires a constant supply of oxygen in order to live
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Obligate anaerobe
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- Organism that cannot live in the presence of oxygen
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Facultative anaerobe
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- Organism that can survive with or without oxygen
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Binary fission
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- Type of sexual reproducing which an organism replicates ids DNA and divides in half, producing two identical daughter cells
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Endospore
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-Type of spore formed when bacterium produces a thick internal wall that encloses its DNA and a portion of its cytoplasm
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Conjugation
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- Form of sexual reproduction in which paramecia and some prokaryotes exchange genetic information
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Nitrogen fixation
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- Process of converting nitrogen gas into ammonia
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Virus
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- Particle made up of nucleic acid, protein, and in some case lipids that can replicate only by infecting living cells
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Photoheterotroph
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Organism that is photosynthetic but needs organic compounds as a carbon source
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